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We met up on the Saturday morning in glorious weather and headed up to Coire na Banachdich to hide the bivvy gear away for a start of the traverse on Sunday.
We stayed in the motor home near the Sligachan for Saturday night and somehow managed to avoid getting carried away in the pub, we'd waited too long for this attempt to blow it by over indulgence
Sunday morning wasn't too bad with low cloud covering the hills, we set off from Glen Brittle at about 6:30am.
We made hard work of getting up to Ghas bheinn which meant it was already 10:30am before reaching the start of the traverse.
Time for a quick bite to eat
The midges had the same idea
On Ghas bheinn
Abbing in to the TD gap but it had become quite damp so we dropped down to the scree slopes and bypassed the climb directly out of the gap. Plus the fact that we'd accidentally forgot to pack any nuts or wires
A tad annoying especially after spending time the night before selecting a compact rack to take up!! Doohhhh
The skies cleared by the time we reached the Innpin but decided to tackle that first thing in the morning and head off to get some well needed food and sleep
Bivvy in Coire na Banachdich
Not the worst morning I've ever woken up to
First thing on the agenda was the Innpin. The rock was dry and perfect conditions
I couldn't quite pluck up the bottle to stand upright on top
But Luke shows how it's done
Abbing off the Innpin
The conditions and views just couldn't have been better
Finally made it to Sgurr nan Gillean at 18:30
Extremely chuffed to have completed the traverse
Perfect time to head off the South east ridge and practically ran back to the Sligachan for several celebratory beers.
Note to self: Wear gloves next time!!!
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